Search Results - "Craig T. Simmons"

Sea-level rise impacts on seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers: Review and integration by Ketabchi, Hamed, Mahmoodzadeh, Davood, Ataie-Ashtiani, Behzad, Simmons, Craig T.

“…[Display omitted] •A comprehensive review of sea-level rise impacts on coastal aquifers is presented.•The main remaining challenges for future research…”
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Is Decoupling GDP Growth from Environmental Impact Possible? by Ward, James D, Sutton, Paul C, Werner, Adrian D, Costanza, Robert, Mohr, Steve H, Simmons, Craig T

“…The argument that human society can decouple economic growth-defined as growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP)-from growth in environmental impacts is…”
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Impact of Sea-Level Rise on Sea Water Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers by Werner, Adrian D., Simmons, Craig T.

“…Despite its purported importance, previous studies of the influence of sea‐level rise on coastal aquifers have focused on specific sites, and a generalized…”
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Modeling the environmental controls on tree water use at different temporal scales by Wang, Hailong, Guan, Huade, Simmons, Craig T.

“…•Three types of transpiration (Ec) models are compared at daily and hourly scales.•Penman-Monteith method is outperformed by two other models at the hourly…”
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Limitations of the Use of Environmental Tracers to Infer Groundwater Age by McCallum, James L., Cook, Peter G., Simmons, Craig T.

“…Apparent ages obtained from the measured concentrations of environmental tracers have the potential to inform recharge rates, flow rates, and assist in the…”
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Sea‐level rise impact on fresh groundwater lenses in two‐layer small islands by Ketabchi, Hamed, Mahmoodzadeh, Davood, Ataie‐Ashtiani, Behzad, Werner, Adrian D, Simmons, Craig T

“…The fresh groundwater lenses (FGLs) of small islands can be highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, including sea‐level rise (SLR). Many real cases of…”
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Hydrogeologic controls on disconnection between surface water and groundwater by Brunner, Philip, Cook, Peter G., Simmons, Craig T.

“…Understanding how changes in the groundwater table affect surface water resources is of fundamental importance in quantitative hydrology. If the groundwater…”
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Optimization of canopy conductance models from concurrent measurements of sap flow and stem water potential on Drooping Sheoak in South Australia by Wang, Hailong, Guan, Huade, Deng, Zijuan, Simmons, Craig T.

“…Canopy conductance (gc) is a critical component in hydrological modeling for transpiration estimate. It is often formulated as functions of environmental…”
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Towards Quantifying the Likelihood of Water Resource Impacts from Unconventional Gas Development by Shanafield, Margaret, Cook, Peter G., Simmons, Craig T.

“…Gas production from unconventional reservoirs has led to widespread environmental concerns. Despite several excellent reviews of various potential impacts to…”
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How important is the impact of land-surface inundation on seawater intrusion caused by sea-level rise? by Ataie-Ashtiani, Behzad, Werner, Adrian D., Simmons, Craig T., Morgan, Leanne K., Lu, Chunhui

“…The influence of sea-level rise (SLR) on seawater intrusion (SWI) has been the subject of several publications, which consider collectively a range of…”
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Study of the Effect of Thermal Dispersion on Internal Natural Convection in Porous Media Using Fourier Series by Fahs, Marwan, Graf, Thomas, Tran, Tuong Vi, Ataie-Ashtiani, Behzad, Simmons, Craig. T., Younes, Anis

“…Natural convection in a porous enclosure in the presence of thermal dispersion is investigated. The Fourier–Galerkin (FG) spectral element method is adapted to…”
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GRACE satellite observed hydrological controls on interannual and seasonal variability in surface greenness over mainland Australia by Yang, Yuting, Long, Di, Guan, Huade, Scanlon, Bridget R., Simmons, Craig T., Jiang, Lei, Xu, Xiang

“…Water‐limited ecosystems, covering ~50% of the global land, are controlled primarily by hydrologic factors. Because climate change is predicted to markedly…”
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Speed of free convective fingering in porous media by Xie, Yueqing, Simmons, Craig T., Werner, Adrian D.

“…Previous studies have examined free convection and the development of fingers in variable‐density groundwater environments, but the penetration rates of…”
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Impact of kinetic mass transfer on free convection in a porous medium by Lu, Chunhui, Shi, Liangsheng, Chen, Yiming, Xie, Yueqing, Simmons, Craig T.

“…We investigate kinetic mass transfer effects on unstable density‐driven flow and transport processes by numerical simulations of a modified Elder problem. The…”
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Ghislain de Marsily: An Appreciation by Simmons, Craig T.

“…Article impact statement: This article honors the life and work of Professor Ghislain de Marsily, an internationally renowned groundwater scholar…”
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Natural free convection in porous media: First field documentation in groundwater by Van Dam, Remke L., Simmons, Craig T., Hyndman, David W., Wood, Warren W.

“…Natural free convection is a process of great importance in disciplines from hydrology to meteorology, oceanography, planetary sciences, and economic geology,…”
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Quantifying sapwood width for three Australian native species using electrical resistivity tomography by Wang, Hailong, Guan, Huade, Guyot, Adrien, Simmons, Craig T., Lockington, David A.

“…Sap flow measurement techniques have been successfully applied in ecohydrological studies as they can be used to estimate watershed transpiration. Sapwood area…”
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A Generalized Semi-Analytical Solution for the Dispersive Henry Problem: Effect of Stratification and Anisotropy on Seawater Intrusion by Marwan Fahs, Behshad Koohbor, Benjamin Belfort, Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani, Craig T. Simmons, Anis Younes, Philippe Ackerer

“…The Henry problem (HP) continues to play a useful role in theoretical and practical studies related to seawater intrusion (SWI) into coastal aquifers. The…”
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Unstable Density-Driven Flow in Fractured Porous Media: The Fractured Elder Problem by Shafabakhsh, Paiman, Fahs, Marwan, Ataie-Ashtiani, Behzad, Simmons, Craig T.

“…The Elder problem is one of the well-known examples of an unstable density-driven flow (DDF) and solute transport in porous media. The goal of this research is…”
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Interaction of lake-groundwater levels using cross-correlation analysis: A case study of Lake Urmia Basin, Iran by Javadzadeh, Hosein, Ataie-Ashtiani, Behzad, Hosseini, Seiyed Mossa, Simmons, Craig T.

“…Lake Urmia (LU) is the second largest hypersaline lake in the world. Lake Urmia's water level has dropped drastically from 1277.85 m to 1270.08 m a.s.l (equal…”
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